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pug, pug-dog

(noun) small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from the 18th c]

Synonyms: Chinese pug, Dutch bulldog, Dutch mastiff, mini mastiff, mops, carlin, pugdog

A bargeman. [from the 16th c]

(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain

Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

Etymology 2

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.

An upper servant in a great house. [from the 19th c]

A harlot; a prostitute. [circa 1600]

Synonyms

• (mythological creature): puck, goblin, fairy

Etymology 3

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

(informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.

Etymology 4

Noun

pug (countable and uncountable, plural pugs)

Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)

A pug mill.

Verb

pug (third-person singular simple present pugs, present participle pugging, simple past and past participle pugged)

(transitive) To mix and stir when wet.

(transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.

Etymology 5

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

The pawprint or footprint of an animal

Synonyms

• pugmark

Etymology 6

Noun

pug (plural pugs)

(obsolete) A term of endearment. [from the 16th c]

Anagrams

• GPU, gup

Source: Wiktionary

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Pug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pugging.] Etym: [Cf. G. pucken to thump. beat.]

1. To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

2. To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.

Pug, n.

1. Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

2. A pug mill. Pug mill, a kind of mill for grinding and mixing clay, either for brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.

Pug, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. puck. See Puck.]

1. An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. A name for a monkey. [Colloq.] Addison.

3. A name for a fox. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

4. An intimate; a crony; a dear one. [Obs.] Lyly.

5. pl.

Definition: Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.

6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

7. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

8. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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